SNIZASKI v. HECKLER

Civ. A. Nos. 83-1414, 83-1984 and 83-2410.

602 F.Supp. 1119 (1985)

Roselia SNIZASKI, Plaintiff, v. Margaret HECKLER, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Defendant. Robert J. ANDREWS, Plaintiff, v. SECRETARY OF the DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Defendant. William W. GEARY, Plaintiff, v. SECRETARY OF the DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Defendant.

United States District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania.

January 31, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert N. Peirce, Jr., Pittsburgh, Pa., for plaintiff in No. 83-1414.

Amiel B. Caramanna, Jr., Pittsburgh, Pa., for plaintiff in Nos. 83-1984, 83-2410.

Albert W. Schollaert, Asst. U.S. Atty., Pittsburgh, Pa., for defendant.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

TEITELBAUM, Chief Judge.

Before the Court are petitions for attorney's fees in social security disability cases which raise two issues: 1) are the district courts authorized to award attorney's fees for services before the Social Security Administration; 2) are the fees requested reasonable.

Services before the agency

In each case the claimant prevailed before the court and the attorney filed a petition for twenty...

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